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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSoak it up folks. For better or worse (likely for better) these are amazing times
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We are on the verge of re-electing our historic and transformational Democratic president. History will look back with pride and with wonder at the audaciousness of our efforts: We'll look back with pride and satisfaction that we stood and fought, resolved, to propel our progressive destiny into the future; firmly behind this remarkable and capable man.
Whatever else that we win or lose, we've made our mark on American history in a way that will roil the tradition and practice of generations of political aspirants and enthusiasts to come. Despite our differences; despite our setbacks, failures, and disappointments; we're still united behind one principle; one guiding aspiration from our Organizer-in-Chief: Hope. Hope for the future, in all that we endeavor to accomplish in our advocacy, activism, and participation in the processes of government.
Here's to US, in these amazing times, DU! Cheers, and (in the days and years ahead) best of luck to us all!
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)DUCK!!!
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)Lemme at it!
Garion_55
(1,914 posts)flamingdem
(39,303 posts)These are amazing times and things look to be going our way
jonpaulprime
(104 posts)GREAT post, you hit the nail on the head!
Conservatives can keep building sandcastles all they want, some may hold out longer than others, but the incoming progressive tide of history is unstoppable.
littlemissmartypants
(22,417 posts)Gregorian
(23,867 posts)This one thing makes me smile.
edit- But then, one of the conservative Bastards would have to die first. But one can hope.
Tikki
(14,537 posts)Like our President says and does...He would handle it successfully for all concerned.
Tikki
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Those people must feel just like I feel about President Obama.
March On, Democrats!
Hope On!
gottavote
(106 posts)Vote, early if possible. Help get out the votes of others. Get with the campaign directly if possible. Make phone calls to friends and family. Knock on doors in your neighborhood. Keep records of your actions. You can with 1-2 hours per day on this help 500-1000 people vote. Lovin it.
lillypaddle
(9,580 posts)K&R
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)I don't have to say anything the picture speaks.
Bucky
(53,795 posts)sebastianj333
(99 posts)so much conflicting information, someone please tell me Obama has a chance to win? i cannot imagine a Romney Presidency
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)It might not happen, but the odds are pretty good.
ItsTheMediaStupid
(2,800 posts)Electoral Vote
http://www.electoral-vote.com/
Nate Silver's 538 blog for the NYTL:
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/
Huffington Post Polling place
http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/2012/romney-vs-obama-electoral-map
The popular vote may look tight, but the electoral college vote is the one that matters, it is relatively stable and we're way out in front.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)ProudProgressiveNow
(6,129 posts)Thanks for posting.
Bake
(21,977 posts)FORWARD.
Bake
AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)Obama/Biden 2012. Time to move forward.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)Thanks for that encouraging essay!
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)Climate change, increasing, Arctic sea ice predicted to be gone in summer within a few years; US government, still without the political will to actually formulate an effective policy for dealing with it or mitigating it, instead it's all "North American energy independence!" and fracking and tar sands and "clean coal". The biggest single crisis facing the planet in memory, with consequences that will affect not only Americans but all of the seven billion humans on earth and every other species, and the USA has consistently and continually dropped the ball because it's not politically convenient. But hey, we have time to argue about relatively meaningless things as though they actually matter. I don't really have a lot of hope for the future, personally. Slightly more with Obama than with Romney. But realistically? We're pretty fucked no matter what; at this point it's all rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)I mean, let's not kid ourselves, this is a very serious problem. But if we focus too much on apocalyptic imagery, all it does is turn people off and make them stick their heads in the sand....I can speak from personal experience, btw, because I was one of them.
Realistically speaking, as bad as things have gotten, we can in fact, mitigate the problem at hand, and there is still a chance to carry it out. Our problem is not by any means, "can we do it?", but rather, "when WILL we do it?".
nolabear
(41,915 posts)They'll tell stories, they'll write poems. Hell, we'll do some of that ourselves.
And we can say we came through it all, and proved that goodness and right can prevail.
And that is historical.
spanone
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Cha
(295,899 posts)President Obama hugs a firefighter who offered up a game of basketball during a visit to a fire house in Tampa, October 25 (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)
http://theobamadiary.com/
Thanks for your Inspiring posts, bigtree..they are very much appreicated!
Getting Soaked
bigtree
(85,915 posts)Barack Obama ?@BarackObama
A bit of morning shootaround at the firehouse before the day's first event in Tampa: http://OFA.BO/AkA2no
Uploaded by BarackObamadotcom on Oct 25, 2012
Cha
(295,899 posts)that he's our Prez. Hoopster in Chief..thanks for the vid, bigtree
bigtree
(85,915 posts)you're welcome.